AUTODIN, originally named " ComLogNet ", was a highly reliable service that operated at 99.99 % availability, using mechanical punched card readers and tab machines to send and receive data over leased lines.
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Because FIELDATA did not specify codes for interconnection and data transmission control, different systems ( like " " STANDARD FORM " ", " " COMLOGNET Common language code " ", " " SACCOMNET ( 465L ) Control Code " " ) used different control functions.
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The design of the system, originally named " ComLogNet ", began in 1958 by a team of Western Union, RCA and IBM . The customer was the U . S . Air Force and the system's purpose was to improve the speed and reliability of logistics traffic ( spare parts for missiles ) between five logistics centers and roughly 350 bases and contractor locations.